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According to a Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act database, UND is in possession of artifacts and human remains possibly belonging to up to 49 tribal nations.

When San Jose State anthropology professor Elizabeth Weiss tweeted a picture to celebrate returning to campus in September 2021, it caught the attention of Assemblymember James Ramos, a Democrat from

Last November, more than 150 items stolen from mass graves of Wounded Knee massacre victims were returned to a group of descendants, the Si’Tanka Ta’ Oyate O’mniceye (Descendants of the Si’ Tanka Nation).

'We don’t want these items to end up in a museum, they don’t belong in there,' said Cedric Broken Nose, descendent of Chief Spotted Elk

After years of Black expression following the murder of George Floyd, Indigenous creativity has experienced an awakening across the United States, from art exhibitions in Washington, to series such as ‘Reservation Dogs’

Successive state audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts.

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Successive state audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts, an act known as repatriation. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections back to local tribes.

Last November, more than 150 items stolen from mass graves of Wounded Knee massacre victims were returned to the descendants of the Si’ Tanka Nation. Now, a year later, the group plans to burn the artifacts to mark the end of the one-year traditional bereavement period called wasigla.

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